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Scop Family’s Chabad Mill Valley, Hosts a Teen Challah Bake – Sun., Feb. 9, 7-9pm

Chabad Mill Valley, the local chapter of one of the largest Hasidic groups and Jewish religious organizations in the world, has been in Mill Valley for 20 years. Chabad Mill Valley founders Rabbi Hillel and Chana Scop, who saw a 20-year dream become reality when they openedĀ Brooklyn, a Project of Chabad Mill Valley, in the space formerly occupied by True Botanicals in the downtown strip of shops on Miller Ave. near the Depot Plaza, have another reason to celebrate. They’re hosting a Teen Challah Bake! Delicious refreshments! Make your own Challah dough. Explore the coolest braiding techniques. Challah toppings bar. Take home your own masterpiece to bake.

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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Jan. 5th

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ā€˜We Get it’: Democrats Aim to cut California’s cost of living in 2025 – Bay Area Democrats have new focus on affordability but few details as the legislative session begins

ā€œWe get it,ā€ Democratic state Sen. Dave Cortese said. ā€œThe Democratic Party, has, in effect, just been called out by the voters on that issue.ā€ The state’s Democrats say they’ll focus this year on making California more affordable, and party leaders are increasingly railing on the high costs of staples such as groceries and home electricity bills.

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Mill Valley Flowers’ Customers & Friends From Far & Wide Share the Passing of Annabella Margarita Eriksson, Husband to Lars Eriksson, Who Ran Mill Valley Flowers Together for Many Years

We invite all who loved her to visit once the stone is completed, and in her memory, she requested that you continue to bring beauty and love into your lives by filling your homes and special occasions with flowers. Mill Valley Flowers, the small shop she cherished, will continue to carry on her legacy through her daughter, son-in-law, grandchildren, and her team of devoted designers, who have been with us for over a decade.

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SFGate Via California Association of Realtors’ Chief Economist: Bay Area Housing Market in 2025 Sees Sales Rising by Roughly 10% – But Buyers May Gain More Leverage

ā€œAlthough price growth has slowed since rates have returned to historic norms and inventory has increased this year, supply remains tight, and affordability has deteriorated, so a full recovery to pre-pandemic levels is still a few years out, even though sales are expected to continue rising in the Bay Area during 2025,ā€ Levine said.

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The Outdoor Art Club is Having a Massive Estate Sale at their One West Blithedale Clubhouse on Jan. 31st & Feb. 1st to Benefit Their Commercial Kitchen Renovation, Last Remodeled in the 1960s!

Party guests will have first dibs to shop our amazing collection of vintage handbags (Chanel, Gucci, Valentino, Coach, etc.),Ā  vintage designer clothes and shoes (Chanel, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Dior, Valentino, Loro Piana, etc.), mid-century Dorothy Thorpe barware, fine jewelry, Le Creuset and Alessi kitchenware, vintage furnishings, 20th-century oil paintings & pop art – including an original, iconic circa-1966 Bob Dylan poster (the Milton Glaser one, with Dylan’s wild rainbow hair).

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Sweetwater Music Hall is Honoring the Legendary Austin de Lone, Who Has Performed Around the World and has been a Stalwart Supporter of the Sweetwater from the Beginning – Jan. 8!

Sweetwater Music Hall is excited to honor Austin de Lone, the legendary musician in Mill Valley and beyond, who has played all over the country and around the world for many years, and has been a stalwart supporter of the Sweetwater from the very beginning. Austin is going to hang up his rock ’n’ roll shoes, but has one more party up his sleeve to which you are invited! Please come and pay tribute to Austin and his many musical companions as we toast and roast him on January 8.Ā 

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Marin IJ Editorial: Tam Valley Housing Proposal’s Scope Clashes With Other County Plans

How much say the board will have is uncertain given the state Legislature’s pro-housing initiative that has effectively undermined local review and control over proposed housing developments. The proposal calls for building a 32-unit affordable apartment complex on a half-acre at 150 Shoreline Highway. The location, in a classified flood zone, runs into the county’s planning focus to limit development in areas that might be threatened by climate change and rising tides.

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Marin IJ: California Housing Program’s Collateral Beneficiaries: Lobbyists, Lawmakers

ā€œThose profiting from these transactions were unwilling to accept any meaningful accountability requirements, including that rents be discounted meaningfully from general market rents,ā€ said Mark Stivers, director of advocacy for the California Housing Partnership, one of the program’s critics. ā€œGreater accountability to the public is still very much needed.ā€

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